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Ark Elvin: Butt accused of misrepresenting residents' views
Satellite view of the Ark Elvin siteIn an exchange of emails a Wembley resident has accused Brent Council leader Muhammed Butt of misrepresenting their views on the Ark Elvin Academy planning...
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Secrecy and murk cloud Ark Elvin planning application
A resident asks on the Brent Planning Portal whether the frontage of the new Ark Elvin school building will be as in the artist's sketch above, which is on the documentation to be considered.The short...
View ArticleReasons to vote aganst Ark Elvin Planning Application
These are Chetan Patel's notes for his speech at Brent Planning Committee tonight. I kindly ask the Planning Committee to vote against the ARK’s submitted planning due to the below listed reasons:1)...
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Does Butt's interference with Ark Elvin application amount to improper conduct?
Wembley resident Jaine Lunn staged a one woman protest at Brent Planning Committee tonight against plans that residents think will affect their right to access the playing fields behind Copland (now...
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'Green Space' fronting new Ark Elvin school ear-marked for development
The slide of the artists' impression of the new Ark Elvin school building had pride of place at the Planning Committee tonight and the green space looked impressive - especially the bit fronting the...
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Challenging the Prevent Strategy: an outline of the concerns
A number of local groups are working together to hold a meeting on Prevent in Brent on Thursday December 10th. The Prevent Strategy raises a number of important issues and these will be covered by a...
View ArticleOver-confident police have more misconceptions about legal policing issues...
The general public know more about issues critical to policing then than the police themselves, according to new research conducted by an academic at London South Bank University (LSBU).Researchers...
View ArticleGreen Councillors on Norfolk County Council resign committee positions over...
In the light of an earlier post on local council cuts and the new Labour leadership LINK I thought readers might be interested in this news:Green Party County Councillors Richard Bearman and Elizabeth...
View ArticleReform call as deaths, assault and self-injury rise in our 'dangerous,...
The number of people who have died, been assaulted or injured themselves in prison has risen to its highest level for a decade, in figures revealed by the Howard League for Penal Reform...
View ArticleFree Speech Campaign launched to challenge 'broad and vague' Extremism...
Britain’s most eclectic, unlikely campaign group - Defend Free Speech - has been launched this week, in a bid to halt the Government’s planned introduction of Extremism Disruption Orders (EDOs), which...
View ArticleBrent Fly-Tipping Report's wide-ranging recommendations
The Final Report of the Brent Scrutiny Committee's Fly-Tipping Task Group, head by Cllr Sam Stopp has now been published.These are its recommendations:Knowledge The task group recommends that the term...
View ArticleGreens 'overjoyed' at Shaker Aamer Release
One of the many campaign videos - this from 2012Green Party deputy leader Shahrar Ali has said he is ‘overjoyed’ at the release of Shaker Aamer from Guantánamo Bay, but said the case highlighted the...
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Direct action needed to challenge the Trade Union Bill
The government's Trade Union Bill represents an assault on the last bastion of opposition to neo-liberalism a crowded meeting at Learie Constantine Centre heard last night. The meeting, organised by...
View ArticleBarnet UNISON 24 hour strike on Monday November 2nd
Barnet UNISON members who still work for Barnet Council (excluding community schools) will begin a 24 hour strike action on Monday 2 November The dispute involves social workers, coach escorts,...
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Sudden death of Cllr Dan Filson, Chair of Brent Scrutiny Committee
Dan Filson's Twitter profileLabour councillors have been expressing their shock on Twitter this evening following the sudden death of Dan Filson, Chair of Brent Scrutiny Committee and a councillor for...
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Arsenic and Old Lace at Preston Library Community Hub tonight
Excellent Halloween entertainment tonight (Saturday) at Preston Library Community Hub Cinema. 7.15pm for 7.30 start. This week's film is Arsenic & Old Lace (1944), a murderous comedy starring Cary...
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Wembley Matters: Normal service resumed
I have been away on the North Norfolk coastal path on a personal version of Autumn Watch. There's lots of catching up to do but meanwhile here's some pictures of life beyond Brent.
View ArticleCauses for concern in Brent NHS provision
Peter Latham, Chair of Willesden Patient Participation Group and Member of the Steering Group of Brent Patient Voice, has given permission to Nan Tewari for this extract from his November 2015...
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Brent Tories first to select candidate for Kensal Green by-election
From Brent Council websiteBrent Council has announced that the council by-election is to be held in Kensal Green Ward on Thursday 17 December 2015. This follows the sad death of Cllr Dan Filson last...
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